It would take a determined visitor to the Royal Museum for Central Africa to locate the life-sized likeness of one of history’s most brutal colonial rulers carved from ivory. The statue of Belgium‘s ...

The dispute was between Pakistan and the Nizams of Hyderabad. LONDON -- A decades-old legal dispute between the state of Pakistan and colonial-era Indian royalty has finally been settled, with the U.K ...

Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure igniting a furore by arguing that colonialism somehow benefitted the people it oppressed. But our new book, “Authoritarian Africa: Repression, ...

The Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield is offering an opportunity to experience what childhood was like in colonial times. On May 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. visitors can explore old-fashioned toys and ...

THE stream of writings upon American history has been flowing strongly for a century, until now the field is buried deep with monographs, documents, biographies, textbooks, and political or ...

While reading through 18th-century historical records, Colonial Williamsburg’s Gender and Sexuality Diversity Committee researcher Ren Tolson discovered something telling buried within the hundreds of ...

Did the massive scale of death in the Americas following colonial contact in the 1500s affect atmospheric CO 2 levels? That’s a question scientists have debated over the last 30 years, ever since they ...

This image courtesy of Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects shows a preliminary rendering for the reconstructed garden of John Custis IV at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a living history ...

Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule ...

The Lodhran Railway Station, a colonial-era junction, will be preserved and renovated to improve facilities for passengers, ...